Mysuru, June 13 -- When Star of Mysore contacted S.B. Uday Shankar, Hon. Secretary of NIE Management Committee, over the issue this morning, he clarified as follows in a press statement:

"NIE Institute of Technology (NIEIT), which operates under the NIE Foundation and was established in 2008, has been formally closed this year. All necessary approvals for progressive closure have been obtained from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE, under UGC), Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and the Government of Karnataka, in compliance with prescribed norms."

"Simultaneously, as per statutory guidelines, the National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysuru, has leased the physical infrastructure of NIEIT to e...